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the georgetown herald wednesday evening march 19th 1941 local fans saddened by d of bob ecclestone popular referee handled five games here thi winter had brilliant career as softball and hockey manager alter an eightday battle for life lying u in a toronto hcapi- tav bcmocee bbcjeatone colorful ontario sports figure pasted away lest wednesday afternoon he was injured the week before in motor accident and never regained consciousness moose who started off hla sports career as softball manager with loci branch aces made a name lor himself to hockey circles with the cities ser- i vice team which he took on a suocess- ful barnstorming tour of major am erican cities the first excursion of its kind ever attempted by a commercial organisation when cities service dropped from hockey moose joined up with good- years during hjs five years with the tlremen ttiey won three straight o ba crowns and two seasons back reached the eastern canada eenior tmala losing out to montreal royals in a stirring fivegame series this year when goodyears retired tntu hockey for the duration of the war moose applied for and obtained an appointment as an olhjl teferee m this capacity he appeared on georgetown ice flye times this year nfereeing the elora and fergus inter mediate games and the burlington and bolton junior games hla last ap pearance here was on february 20th when he handled the whistle in the playoff match with elora fans and players alike were always glad when moose bcclestone put- in en appearance at the local arena they knew that the game would be well and fairly handled knew especi ally that no one would get away with any dirty playing he had no trouble handling a game when a penalty was meted out that big grin of his eouldeilence aroteetlngplayers faster and better than all the talking in hie world bis last refereelng assignment was in oolllngwood night before the tragic accident which caused his death while he lay in the hospital flubting his losing battle against death sports fans across the whole dominion were praying for his recovery his funeral waone of thereatestti3buteathat could be paid to anyone friends and cxilstfii flocked from tar and near ea pay their last respect to one of the countrys greatest sportsmen moose bccjfcfpm dead but his spirit lives on and he win not seen be forgotten by lovers of clean gpfirt a this and that in sport by o mad moguvray noted sportsman dead bob ecclestone toronto sportsman who died last week of injuries received in a motor crash he wu well known in geor as an oha hockey referee this after weeks of ballyhoo and yards and yards of type telling of the defeats and successes of our three ojla entries we find oursel ves left with only memories and did ihear someone say headaches too after enjoying the season to the full the last affair took place at oalt mon day evening when the juvenile en try faded out of the picture the other teams having been out for the past two or three weeks however the juveniles played good hockey and we believe their defeat was due to the much larger ice surface in oalt but we can take our hats off to them they are a great team and a fine bunch of fellows game until the final bell last minute- news flash states john st navy may be barred irom further competition at the arena for using the ice one sunday after noon while we dont think public opinion in that district would stand for the banning of the team we our selves would hate to see this up-and- coming aggregation out for the season some kind of a compromise shouldbe made for with this allstar organi zation and the gas- house boys next in line for a battle the arena could hardly stand to lose on these gate- receiptfi we want navy come on boys altogether how about it mr king hockey record oha juvenile mar 13 georgetown 5 oalt 3 march 17 oalt 5 georgetown 1 oalt wins round 86 oha intermediate w mar 10 fergus 11 mllverten 3 march 13fergus 8 milton 7 fergus won round 19 10 march 14 fergus 0 sutton i navy win again drubbing alliance paper mill 62 at an8tar may crbnp style john st navy prim and neat 4beh- new purplecrested sweat went on a scoring spree last night when they drubbed alliance paper mm 6 2 at the arena in one of those tangup hockey affairs usually play ed after a regular hockey season the navy have certainly been riding en the cerst of the waves but u rumors are right they may be out etown in their stride as we learn an jlustar team may be the next chel- eager better work fast gang as the jbb wont last long now alliance mills trotted out a lot of eld veterans on whom they relied on defeating navy but bui oaannlya boys were not the team to administer ttns setback mccumber in the al liance net was as busy as a bee all evenujc but kejt down the score when he displayed some ease in handling the pocks as in former years from the drop of the puck the crowd supporting navy bellowed get ward and i guess tbey did for he only turned up with one goal and it the initial one for them but alli ance bad an ace up their sleeve so they thought for shortly after the game started they uirew it in in the person of dave crtchum imported all the way from rivers manitoba for the occasion at this point the crowd were at a loss to know what to do whether to continue to give ward the works or turn their guns on crlch- tor- this they did but dave came mlling through a barrage of sticks with no hits no runs and no errors navy had already made a good start with two goals before alliance count ed deadshot clark on right wing jet one go that mocumtoer wouldnt handle and in quick succession lati mer passed the puck sargents way and he made sure of a goal badinan lane started oil the mid dle session with a penalty and when he was off kemshead added another goal curly wheeler a veteran of che glen panda notched the second counter and from then on it was navys game all the way kurpby got lumber four and ketn- atoead added two more goals to finish cit the gaitha awwwitti autanoe were quick at sicking up uu challenge thrown down b7 ifary they did not prom much of a threat to the winner ed the kftdhne of sfsndham graham and warsaw got jotng the score might have been different the only casual ty was omtfet who tried to bump aw many bead m one check only to find mmeey on the ice lathe muet t a cpnefrffetvwi of stars frrtor to the game mart were at a tees to know whs to do se their sso- i itwejri trmw parte john st navy too good for s s plugs wae mmmos ftomlheltae up navya scoring spree clinches games with goals to s i with all holds barred and no time limit john street navy bamfcooxled the befuddled smith a stone plugs at the arena last thursday evening in the seasons downiest hockey match the navys first string line rapped in nine goals while their substitutes tired the plugs while they rested betiween counters the plugs downfall was in goalie bocoo lorusso who braved the onslaught of the attackers without pads or even the support of a regu lation goal stick navys playing manager jack kemshead georgetowns gift to inter mediate hockey while boosting his scoring average with two goals issued a challenge to all comers before the game was half over to meet his team on their own ice the flrm goal came as a surprise as traitor isaac bullivant scored for the plugs in the opening moments of the game this added to the bit terness of the contest as bullivant was legally a john street sailor it took another goal by the plugs clever rght winger tommy golden before the navy rallied and scored eight succeed v e times it was not understood how tlic plugs managed to score until it found the navys weakest link was on the ice centre killer boyle whose body checking wus to deliberate wings frank connolly who played well while on his feet lome nice boy cross with hit him hard bill clark on defence 1 the scorer for the navy were such outstanding stars as former referee qord lane 2 bill murphy 3 bill bed latimer doug sargent and bwifty kemshead 2 before the game ended tommy golden raised the plugs score with another tally for the plugs joe hall and sarge collier teamed up well on defence with collier laying them down on eith er side while short on substitutes due to norm mcdonald being invalid ed to the sidelines early in the game their forward line of wilcox golden and harlow did well to keep up with the winners abbu kemshead played a stellar game in the navys net although hav ing to take a ribbing from a hinrttit crowd for me uneportemanuke attitude in not aqowtng the pluge to scot when floavm local spobtdom had not the privilege of knowing bob moose ecclestone for a very long time he had just made his appearance here this winter as an oha referee and his dynamic personality captivated all who were in contact with him his cheery well lets get going fellows as he stepped into the players dress ing rooms will not be soon forgotten his death was so untimely it came asj a severe shock and sports fans ln georgetown can only add their heart felt sympathy to those already receiv ed by his bereaved wife and family and hla parents readers of this column might be interested in read ing some of the fine things other writers have had to say in regards to the death of the moose for ourselves we had only met him this season but he always had a cheery greeting whether he met you in the timekeepers capacity or just around the rink we had little chats with bob when acting as ttmekeep at the games he referred here and in mlium and acton and trwayg found him to be a tegtar fellow bobble rosenfleld in the olobt and mail one feels a twinge of rebellion at the sad news that bob moose bcclestone is dead one asks why it must be j p flqtgerald toronto evening telegram he was making good only to have a bruhant career cut short on the very threshold of 32 yean of bubbling youth ttlii poor thing to have only sympathy to offer his widow and children red burnett toronto star it is with heavy heart that we face our chores today death has robbed us a great and true friend in the ii of loudvoiced laughterlov ing robert moose boolestone the big fellow started along the athletic road to success about the same time the late lou marsh drafed us for duty in the sports department dur lng those 13 or more years we had the pleasure to be thrown in almost constant contact with the lightheart ed moose needless to say life had few dun moments for those who tra velled with ekky bunny morganson evening tele gram moose played the game bo win at all times that was his way f- played to win and he played fair lions beaten 51 at gait monday thereby losing series the georgetown juvenile hockey team was defeated ft 1 in their re turn match with gait royals an monday night losing the twogame series 86 the game which was played lnuoalts large arena where the toronto maple leaf team does its pre season practicing was a heartbreaker to lose as time and again dooley wll- kins in the gait net turned back shots which looked like the real thing a special bus took players and fans to gait for the game with the lions carrying a tiwojoal lead from the match here last week gait pushed the play in the first period and tied things up with two goals by hoover and de vere in the second period newt kenney flashy defenceman who got his start playing hockey in bos ton tallied two more for oalt to give them the lead on the round a georgetown play connected and schenk scored the only goal tot- the lions on a pass from mcmenemy neither team could get very far in the final period with both goalten ders playing good games in their nets hoover finally slipped one past kem shead for the final score of the game ending georgetowns hope of further competition this year georgetown alible kemshead goal jack morrow ld doug sargent rd jim cof ell centre onme carter rw oeorge walker lw ray harlow joe mcmenemy harold schenk joe wil cox qord frlcker gait dooley wuklns goal newt kenney ld russ drumm rl jack wonklln centre murray thomas rw hoover lw jim collins oeorge de- vere j turner w court lex davey referee gunboat schmidt kit chener 1st period 1 gaiuhoover drumm 1100 gttltdevere turner 1860 penalties kenney drumm 2d period oalt kenney turner de- vere i 110 gait kenney de vere 1612 georgetown schenk mc menemy 1848 penalties kenney wilcox 2 court frlcker turner 3rd period gait hoover penalty thomas vie iinwhoiwdeiniiaav onrty wheeler ytotk kgqj mrtttby ate jwatott- nes with the march of time an evening rraught with fun fbipferies frolic furbelows festivity filler united church friday march 28th t hamilton uo army notes pte d kldd of the rjoabx for merly stationed at the horse palace toronto is now overseas with his unit gnr ken richardson recently cabled his family that he had arrived safely m england he left from sussex mili tary camp n3 where he had been stationed since last fall driver e b tyers proprietor of tyers milk products has changed his address and is now getting his mall at camp borden pte lex bchrag has also been mov ed from toronto to camp borden be is with the royal canadian or dnance corps recent u force recruit is ac 2 george blyth of glen williams who 1e at present- with the rjcaf at no manning pool toronto ac 2 edward lunan has been transferred from plcton to no s service flying training school at brantford ac 2 fred armstrong was home from manning depot toronto for the weekend with his parents mr and mrs joseph armstrong wilbert bradley returned to service with the rjoaf this week after recuperating at his home in town from an attack of scarlet fever sergeantobserver david orichton home on leave with his parents mr and mrs d p crlchton he arrived monday night from rivers manitoba bert hinton son of w h hinton former georgetown jeweler was among a recent graduating class at up lands which received their wings bert joined the air force last summer applying himself strenuously to his training won the coveted wings and lils title of leading aircraftsman pi lot r h hinton hamilton totteries lobe to smith stone ft- f hamilton potteries hookey team made their annual trek to cteorfe- town on saturday evening last and took a ft 5 beating by a team from smith dc stone the team while not up ro its usual strength comprised some former geor boys roy wilcox mark couler m mcdonald and ait hllta coming by chartered bus the team had a ral outing and after the game- took in the dance at the arena sat urday night heres two more songs from the pen of james williams academy road georgetown democracy forever the noxies they want the world small countries are invaded and theyre falling one by one to these noxies so degraded england said this cant go on as the invaders did insist and then they told old england she was next on the list chorus now come all you neutral countries all the allies for to join and well fight you know as long ago well get hitler and the rhine and well band together firmly and hitler overthrow fight like the dear old heroes ih the days of long ago yon know i know you you know i was at a celebration everyone was filled with glee it was the kings visitation and the king he smiled at me all were dressed in very best with me you will agree but everybody was surprised when the king id to me chorus you know i know you you know and i know you know me weve always been you know the best of company heres good to all of you i hope we all agree for you know i know you you know and i know you know me i was at a beauty contest all the girls smiled at me but one i thought the best was lovely for to see this girl she won the prize with the- judges youd agree but everybody was surprised when she smiled and said to me chorus juveniles win first with gait 53 bough game with 9 penalties banded outlions superior all the way georgetown lions chalked up an other victory in their opening play off series with gait royals at george town arena last friday night when they defeated the heavier visiting team by a 5 3 score the oalt team showed little of the class which gain ed them top spot in the gaitpreston ferguselora juvenile group and georgetown kept the puck in gait territory for a good portion of the game the first period was rough and the game almost got out of the hands of referee gord lane who filled the re- fereetng breech when oalt failed to show up with the promised whlsue- tooter between periods both teams were given a talking to by oalt and georgetown officials and with lane cracking down on rough play the last two periods saw some better hockey on both sides wucox scored for georgetown in the first when the locals had much the best of the play in the second period gait gave the lions some an ous moments and chalked up bwo quick goals near the start of the period this was the only time dur ing the game that kemshead in the georgetown net had anything much to do with each team playing one man short wilcox and kenney grac ing the penally box the lions came back with two counters irom the sticks of schenk and carter to once more command a onegoal lead carter rapped in another as the third period opened and cofell gath ered in the firth goal on a pass from schenk gulfs goalie dooley wu klns did a rrcut job of warding off georgetown shots wllh almost the whole icriod being played in his lm- mcdldl4 vicinity and lib teammates can thank him for keeping the score low tlie last goal of the game was a nuke when just as the gong sound ed goalie kemshead flicked the puck into hut own goal de vere being the inst man to touch it got credit for the goal georgetown abble kemshead goal jack morrow ld joe mcmenemy rd ray harlow centre ormle carter rw george walker lw harold schenk doug sargent jim cofell joe wilcox gord frlcker oalt dooley wuklns goal jim collins ld russ drumm rd jack i wonklln centre murray thomas rw j newt kenney lw oecrge de vere jack taylor j turner lex davey w court referee oord lane georgetown first period 1 georgetown wilcox s40 penalties frlcker davey manganese manganese it one of the moat vital minetau in the world today nabco manganese mines company ltd is 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